Publications by authors named "Reina Kawakami"

Objective: This study aimed to identify the detailed location of inflammatory lesions and its frequency of hand PsA on DECT Iodine Map with referring the cadaveric specimen.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-eight anatomical landmarks were selected as a potential inflammatory sites in the thumb and middle finger. We included 22 symptomatic PsA patients who underwent contrast enhanced DECT of the hand.

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A 23-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for an interventional procedure for chronic total occlusion of the right renal artery, probably due to fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), and for control of renal vascular hypertension. Before percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA), aortography revealed collateral circulation to the right kidney from the lower lumbar artery. After PTRA, however, blood flow in the renal side of the collateral circulation flowed outside from the right renal parenchyma.

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Study Design: A retrospective, consecutive case series.

Objective: To analyze the relationship between retro-odontoid soft-tissue thickness and patients' age, sex, and degenerative changes of cervical spine and to investigate the effect these factors have on retro-odontoid soft-tissue thickness.

Summary Of Background Data: Thickening of the soft tissue posterior to the odontoid process can form a retro-odontoid pseudotumor causing symptoms of spinal cord compression.

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